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Monday, April 14, 2008

Something Isn't Right...

Something isn't right with this. For the life of me I can't figure it out. I cut a few strips of black to see what it would look like as sashing and border. It's fine, but something still bothers me. Do you see it? I'm getting ready to rip these apart. Not a good day in the sewing room.

i think the black is too stark for the blocks...maybe red sashing with black cornerstones? i do think the white is distracting the eye...can you trim the white down so it's not so wide? although if you do that you can't add it back...ALTHOUGH...IF you trimmed the white, added a red, and then did black it could work. Did that make sense?laurie

This might not help, but I'd skip the black sashing altogether and leave it all white and maybe put another "frame" around it all in a large strip but not plain black, maybe a fabric with movement on it, marbled black or red or something like that!!!

This is what happens when you ask... You get all sorts of answers and are not sure which one to follow!!!

Good Luck!!!

PS Your way of doing these wonky blocks has been in my mind for the past week..... Gotta do something, but what, and especially when!!!!!???????????

I like it the way it is, but I look forward to seeing what you come up with to make it right. (I know that feeling, "there isn't something quite right", that's for sure....I'm dealing with it on a king size quilt. ugh.)

I'm in the minority here in that I think the black sashing makes the quilt look MORE busy. It looks more modern and fresh with lots of white. White sashing might even spread out the red and black and give an even more "Denyse Schmidt" look (which is good and appropriate IMHO). What about a change of scale by putting little red corners on your blocks that would make on point squares when all the blocks are assembled? Or white sashing with red or black squares at the intersections? It would still be busy, but maybe in a more dynamic way due to the change in scale. I can almost imagine little red on-point squares between teh blocks and a white or red-with-lots-of-white-in-it-print border and red rick rack in the seam between the center and the border, or maybe a dog tooth border:red on white. Whatever you do, I really like you blocks and hope you don't have to rip them all apart.

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